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3. Elytra shining green with a broad irregular pale band. Puerto Rico. 



zonatus Blake 

 Elytra entirely dark 4 



4. Antennae extending much below the middle of the elytra, in male 



the 3d joint very tiny, in both sexes the 4th joint very long. Haiti. 



longicomis Blake 



Antennae not reaching beyond the middle of the elytra, mostly not so far as 



the middle 5 



5. Prothorax with a broad, often T-shaped median marking extending nearly 



the whole length; 10th joint of male antennae slightly enlarged. Cuba. 



occipitalis Blake 

 Prothorax with lateral dark marks 6 



6. Prothorax with a vitta on each side, this sometimes very short, sometimes 



well marked and extending down the whole side; 10th joint of male antennae 

 much enlarged. Puerto Rico vitticollis Blake 



Prothorax with sides near margin sometimes deep brown; antennal joints in 

 male not deformed or enlarged. Dominican Republic . angusticollis Blake 



Prothorax with lateral margin piceous black. Tortue Island, Haiti. 



leonardorum Blake 



7. Notch m middle tibiae not deep, little more than an emargination; male 



antennae not deformed or enlarged or unlike those of the female. Domini- 

 can Republic angusticollis Blake 



Notch in middle tibiae of male deep, forming a sharp tooth on upper inside 

 margin; last joints of male antennae either deformed or enlarged . ... 8 



8. Antennae of both sexes very similar up to the last joint and in male the last 



joint enlarged. Cuba malachiodes (Suffrian) 



The 10th antennal joint and sometimes others of the male deformed ... 9 



9. Antennae dark with the last 2 or 3 joints pale, joints 6-9 in male triangular, 



10th much enlarged. Haiti darlingtoni Blake 



Antennae not bicolored, joints 6 to 9 in male not at all triangular ... 10 

 10. Head, thorax, legs and antennae pale yellowish; 10th antennal joint in male 



much enlarged. Dominican Republic pallidus Blake 



Head, thorax, and legs reddish, antennae with dark outer joints; 10th joint 

 in male constricted and not any longer than 9th. Dominican Republic. 



crassicomis Blake 



Since all but one of the species given in the above key have been 

 described by the writer (Blake, 1940), it does not seem necessary to 

 repeat the descriptions in detail, as the key and illustrations are 

 sufficient for purposes of identification. 



Ectmesopus leonardorum, new species 



Figure 6e 



Approximately 2.7 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, shining, 

 inpunctate, yellow-brown with piceous lateral margin to the pronotum 

 and metallic green elytra ; middle tibiae of male widely and shallowly 

 emarginate; antennae with distal joints missing. 



Head with interocular space more than half width of head, entirely 

 pale, smoothly rounded over occiput, a slight depression over the bulg- 

 ing frontal tubercles, a short carina between antennal sockets running 



